This is probably the best activity that I could ever possibly think of partaking in. It's awesome.
I'm not talking about choreographed, MTV, dance recital-type dance (all of those are cool, but it's not what I'm talking about.) I'm talking about going to parties, clubs, houses, cars, bed rooms, living rooms, basketball courts, mountains, WHEREVER, and dancing.
I'm totally over going to parties to watch a bunch of people play ping-pong games with their shirts off, trying to achieve an ungodly level of inebriation just because that's what their friends do. I'm just not into that.
What I am into is a full night of acting stupid and dancing at those parties.
After being one of the minds behind throwing an LA Club-esque party in Burlington a few weeks ago, I think people really saw that cutting loose on a dance floor is not only totally accessible (I think people thought that you couldn’t really go out dancing in Vermont) but incredibly fun! Not to mention, girls are waaay more attracted to a guy who can enjoy going dumb on a dance floor than a guy who can throw a ping-pong ball into a cup (no offense to you ping-pong throwers).
I just feel good after spending the night (and sometimes early morning) dancing with friends. I don’t really know why, if given the option of dancing or getting belligerently “saucy," you would chose the latter. So if you do happen to like fun, loud music, bright, flashing lights, and positive energy, holler at me and we’ll go dance! I can guarantee you will have fun.
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Monday, July 21, 2008
Accidental Treasure Hunting
So, I woke up this morning and went looking for a pair of sunglasses that I’d lost mid-winter. I checked all my snow jackets and closets full of shred gear, but no luck! Then I went outside to my old, dead, mini van and opened her up.
Ten minutes later, I walked back to the house with a handful of quarters, two bandanas and a huge scarf, mismatched (and odd-numbered) cotton gloves, a pair of mittens that I’d also lost mid-winter, some chapstick, and an acceptance letter from the University of Redlands in Los Angeles.
I threw it all on the kitchen table and still can’t find any way to describe this mess. It was weird.
Oh, the glasses weren’t in there, either.
Ten minutes later, I walked back to the house with a handful of quarters, two bandanas and a huge scarf, mismatched (and odd-numbered) cotton gloves, a pair of mittens that I’d also lost mid-winter, some chapstick, and an acceptance letter from the University of Redlands in Los Angeles.
I threw it all on the kitchen table and still can’t find any way to describe this mess. It was weird.
Oh, the glasses weren’t in there, either.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
I Like Having Fun
Summer Vacation has officially started!
So far, despite the fact that I did have one day of school (yesterday, to take a final), my “daytime activities” have lingered all the way to “nighttime activities” and even “early, early morning activities”.
I don’t think I’ve been inside my house much before 1 o’clock since Friday! These long days/nights have been filled with skating and hanging in town, storm hunting (Ms. Knapp even stopped one afternoon and joined us (“us” as in my brothers and friends that are more like family for a little bit!) attempting to find haunted places, Burlington trips, tubing down the river, and even golf! I’m physically trying to take as much of this beautiful place as it’s willing to let me. So far, she’s given me nothing but a huge smile and some pretty bronzed skin…I dig it!
PS. Laura Austin a.k.a. LAustin wrote an article on my biking habits! She’s awfully talented and doing BIG BIG things! So if you dug that article, check out her photography and other stuff at www.laustindesign.com!!
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Panicking
So now I’m home in Vermont. It’s kind of funny to think that I was in California, more so Los Angeles and Newport, and I was unable to connect to a computer. But I’ll tell you what, it was definitely relaxing to not have to deal with it (although I was a little out of the social loop when I got home!)
Anyways, I was told today that this week is basically the last week of school for me, being that I graduate next week and have special senior stuff to do or whatever. At first I had that “Yay! Summer vacation!” vibe going on. That changed quickly and drastically. As of today, Monday the 2nd of June, I am not ready to leave this place.
Maybe it’s because my brothers are home. Since they started leaving every year for college, which was four years ago, it’s always been hard on me. They are my best friends so it obviously makes me a little glum when I have to say goodbye. They’ve been home for almost a week now and it’s made me realize how much I love them and my family, and obviously my friends, too! But graduating represents a step in my life; a step that’s taking me closer to a point where I will not be around all of these people that I love. Right now, today, I don’t see this as a positive thing. It actually kind of sucks.
I’ll take a better, more open-minded look on this situation soon and be a little more optimistic about it. It’s just that, presently, I love Stowe so much that I’m afraid of leaving it.
Anyways, I was told today that this week is basically the last week of school for me, being that I graduate next week and have special senior stuff to do or whatever. At first I had that “Yay! Summer vacation!” vibe going on. That changed quickly and drastically. As of today, Monday the 2nd of June, I am not ready to leave this place.
Maybe it’s because my brothers are home. Since they started leaving every year for college, which was four years ago, it’s always been hard on me. They are my best friends so it obviously makes me a little glum when I have to say goodbye. They’ve been home for almost a week now and it’s made me realize how much I love them and my family, and obviously my friends, too! But graduating represents a step in my life; a step that’s taking me closer to a point where I will not be around all of these people that I love. Right now, today, I don’t see this as a positive thing. It actually kind of sucks.
I’ll take a better, more open-minded look on this situation soon and be a little more optimistic about it. It’s just that, presently, I love Stowe so much that I’m afraid of leaving it.
Thursday, May 29, 2008
From LA
I landed in LA Thursday at around noon.
It was kind of weird though; not the blue sky, 98 degree, everybody-looks-like-a-supermodel, arrival that I had expected. The temperature was comparable to Stowe’s when I left, only Stowe had blue-bird skies and green trees.
It wasn’t until I got to the campus of Whittier College (where my brother, Gus, graduated from today!!) that I saw some stunning scenery. Despite the fact that it was raining (apparently the first rain LA had seen since Christmas!), my mother walked Gus and I around his campus, pointing out the enormous Magnolia trees and other sorts of flowers that her floral-embodied mind couldn’t get enough of. However, as soon as we left the campus we were greeted with the type of California that you only see on the television show COPS.
As nervous as I was that I’d be the victim of a drive-by, I couldn’t have been more excited to finally indulge my taste buds on the most anticipated meal of my life; an In-N-Out burger (and yes, it was absolutely awesome!).
After the most memorable food that my mouth has ever encountered, we left to meet up with some family and friends. But regardless of my five-hour nap during the plane ride, I was still exhausted from the full day of traffic, hearing stories of my folks life here back in the 80’s, and laughing the evening away with my family, including my cousin and two close friends.
Actually, I’m still exhausted. I’m going to take a nap.
I’ll keep Stowe posted on my adventures in the one, the only, Los Angeles!
It was kind of weird though; not the blue sky, 98 degree, everybody-looks-like-a-supermodel, arrival that I had expected. The temperature was comparable to Stowe’s when I left, only Stowe had blue-bird skies and green trees.
It wasn’t until I got to the campus of Whittier College (where my brother, Gus, graduated from today!!) that I saw some stunning scenery. Despite the fact that it was raining (apparently the first rain LA had seen since Christmas!), my mother walked Gus and I around his campus, pointing out the enormous Magnolia trees and other sorts of flowers that her floral-embodied mind couldn’t get enough of. However, as soon as we left the campus we were greeted with the type of California that you only see on the television show COPS.
As nervous as I was that I’d be the victim of a drive-by, I couldn’t have been more excited to finally indulge my taste buds on the most anticipated meal of my life; an In-N-Out burger (and yes, it was absolutely awesome!).
After the most memorable food that my mouth has ever encountered, we left to meet up with some family and friends. But regardless of my five-hour nap during the plane ride, I was still exhausted from the full day of traffic, hearing stories of my folks life here back in the 80’s, and laughing the evening away with my family, including my cousin and two close friends.
Actually, I’m still exhausted. I’m going to take a nap.
I’ll keep Stowe posted on my adventures in the one, the only, Los Angeles!
Sunday, May 11, 2008
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